For the very first time in 165 years, the St. Louis Fire Department has managed to have an all female firefighting crew. Licole McKinney, a firefighter, and acting captain stated, “With this being Women’s History Month, we felt like this would be the grandest opportunity to see if we can make this collaboration come together […]
UNC Pembroke’s Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity and the Women’s History Committee has just announced Women’s History Month events being held at the University in March and May. Women’s History Month is celebrated every year in March and brings awareness of women’s historical and contemporary contributions. On March 8th they will celebrate International Women’s […]
On Monday at Austal in Alabama, the Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey made an appearance to honor the roughly 300 female employees that assisted in building the powerful ship coming out of Austal. When Ivey took the stage she encouraged the workers to mentor future generations saying, “As one of the ladies told me she was […]
Emma Bunton, a singer, songwriter, and author recently opened up about the early days of the Spice Girls and their mission to bring change to the music industry. Stating that the core of the music group was built upon Girl Power. She still encourages Girl Power today via a partnership with Amazon, in order to […]
26 U-10 and younger girls hockey players have joined up and are playing together on all girls teams for Peoria Youth Hockey, something that the girls themselves absolutely love. Layne Martin, Peoria Youth Hockey coach stated, “The kids love it, It is great for our organization and it’s great for the game of hockey.” For […]
The Northboro Junior Woman’s Club in Massachusetts is holding their annual STEM conference for girls. For the event, they are inviting Southborough students to join them for a free, in person event. The STEM conference is being held on Saturday, April first, however, registration is due by March 24th. The conference this year is happening […]
In eight years of existence, the Philadelphia Flyers Learn to Play Rookie Program has become one of the most successful in the league wide initiative that the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players Association launched back in 2015. Every area that has an NHL team has a Learn to Play program that provides […]
The Girl Scouts of the USA recently stated that they are “Keeping all options open” amongst frustrations with one of their baking partners, Little Brownie Bakers, that is owned by confection giant Ferrero. Little Brownie Bakers made the Girl Scouts aware on Monday that weather induced power outages at their Louisville, Kentucky, factory stopped cookie […]
The New Jersey Devils and The Seattle Kraken recently celebrated girl power through special warmup jerseys to honor gender equality before their games on Tuesday. The New Jersey Devil’s jersey’s were designed by a local New Jersey artist, Danielle Cartier. Their warmup jersey’s featured a colorful collage design that represents how gender is constructed. Cartier […]
BSR’s HERProject, Gap Inc., P.A.C.E, CARE and Better Work recently came together in order to start a new campaign dubbed, RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality, aiming to accelerate equality for female workers in global garment, footwear and home furnishings supply chains. Rise aims to support global brands that help to empower women workers in […]